Taika Waititi Set to Direct a New Star Wars Film

It isn’t May the 4th (or fifth, because my power was out all day yesterday) without some Star Wars news!

StarWars.com announced that Disney’s favorite New Zealander, Taika Waititi, will direct a new Star Wars film. Not only that, but he’s co-writing it with Krysty Wilson-Carines, who wrote last year’s 1917. Waititi is probably most well-known in the pop culture world for directing 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok and saving Thor from mediocrity. But aside from that, he has some incredible films, including last year’s Jojo Rabbit, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and my personal favorite: What We Do in the Shadows.

Waititi also directed the season finale of The Mandalorian. I’d bet that was a trial run to test whether he can work in the Star Wars universe. And I’d say he passed.

So far no other details have been released. Honestly, I would be wary with my expectations here. Disney’s thrown names around and announced so many Star Wars series and movies, and yet…not a lot has gotten made. Time will tell, I suppose.

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